To help manage and troubleshoot the Horizon 6 for Linux software, you can gather information about a View Agent installation on a Linux virtual machine.

Procedure

  • Identify the View Agent version that is running on a Linux machine.

    Run the following command: 

    cat /usr/lib/vmware/viewagent/Product.txt

    The output displays the View Agent version. For example: 

    VMware-viewagent-linux-x.x-yyyyyyy

    where x.x is the product version and yyyyyyy is the build number.

  • Gather information about View Agent software.

    Files

    Location

    View Agent installation directory

    /usr/lib/vmware/viewagent

    Logs

    /var/log/vmware/

    View Agent configuration

    /etc/vmware/viewagent-config.txt

    Machine configuration

    /etc/vmware/viewagent-machine.cfg

  • Stop, start, or restart the View Agent service.

    A View Agent service with these operations is provided on the Linux distributions. For example, on Ubuntu 12.04, you can run the following command: 

    sudo service viewagent <stop/start/restart>